Politicized Media and The Loss of a Common Ground WASHINGTON – Consider this superficially innocent excerpt from a recent (February 28, 2008) article in The Wall Street Journal...
Obama: A New Age for America? WASHINGTON – There is something dissonant in the general elation about the election of Barak Obama to the presidency. The...
What We Can Learn From Mumbay WASHINGTON – According to reporting in The Wall Street Journal (“Sole Captured Suspect Offers Grims Insights into Massacre“, December...
US Elections: Grand Plans versus Reality WASHINGTON – America is in a deep funk. We have this unprecedented financial crisis whose dimensions, potential reach and...
McCain’s Ethical Crusade For A Frightened America? WASHINGTON – Senator Barack Obama has a clear theme to draw appeal to his quest for the White House: the...
Shirley Temple Goes to Washington WASHINGTON– If we accept that the lines between the political process and entertainment have been blurred and that politicians...
Europe’s Enduring Democracy Deficit WASHINGTON – The recent Irish referendum rejecting the new EU Treaty that supposedly will bring the EU member states...
Is America Ready for President Obama? WASHINGTON – The Democratic primaries arithmetic is clearly against Senator Hillary Clinton. It is unlikely that she will win her...
America the Christian WASHINGTON – As the political season heats up in the United States, we are treated to yet another round...
In America, Politics as Self-Renewal WASHINGTON – The paradox of American politics is this odd mixture between pragmatism and grandiose wishful thinking. Hillary Clinton...